Hi Alec,

What is the text of the stop error?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Alec Morris" <AlecMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> After dismantling my conputer and reassembling it how it was, it decided
> to
> work this morning. I now have a new problem though. Every time i try to
> install drivers, or change my background, I get a bluescreen error and it
> restarts.
>
> Any ideas where the problem lies?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Alec,
>>
>> First, if you have a 32-bit disk, try using it for install. This will let
>> you know if it is a problem with a device driver in 64-bit mode. Also,
>> you
>> can try installing XP or a 'nix image. If they all fail, then it's likely
>> either damaged hardware or a misconfiguration.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Alec Morris" <Alec Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4F532A29-E483-44C6-A730-E453BF24DDC0@microsoft.com...
>> > After building my new computer, I have spent an entire day trying to
>> > install
>> > Vista Home 64bit.
>> >
>> > It appears to install fine, but when it restarts, it boots windows, and
>> > then
>> > restarts again repeatedly. I have tried re-installing it, and using
>> > startup
>> > repair as suggested by the software, but this does not work. (This is
>> > from
>> > a
>> > clean install, not an upgrade). The diagnostic states simply that the
>> > route
>> > cause is 'Failure while setup is in progress'
>> >
>> > The closest I found was that Kernel32.dll was missing on one of the
>> > attempts, but other than that, I do not know what is going wrong, or
>> > what
>> > to
>> > do about it.
>> >
>> > Can anybody help, or have I just got a bad install disk?
>>
>>